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i just don't think this is a smart way or a good way to conduct foreign policy. i believe the president has ,aised the stakes for himself for the rest of his presidency, and indeed, for his successors. i don't think this has been well handled at all. have made the argument that what the president has done is a number of things. others have argued that what he has done is to weaken the power of the presidency into the future. if you believe you are right and you have the authority and power to make that decision, why did you not just do it as opposed to going to congress for cover? the president explicitly said he believes he has the authority to act, and then a minute later he said nevertheless, he was going to go to congress. he has now raised the risk of not getting congressional support, then either we don't act with all the consequences of that, or we have a real constitutional crisis on our hands if he were to act all the same. if not more likely is the possibility that congress gives him a yellow light, rather than a green are red light. only act ind can ce
i just don't think this is a smart way or a good way to conduct foreign policy. i believe the president has ,aised the stakes for himself for the rest of his presidency, and indeed, for his successors. i don't think this has been well handled at all. have made the argument that what the president has done is a number of things. others have argued that what he has done is to weaken the power of the presidency into the future. if you believe you are right and you have the authority and power to...
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big question, big issue that lies ahead i think for american foreign policy is how do you effectively get in there and support civil society? how do you restore the idea of democracy taking hold? a military hold, what's often referred to in egypt as deep state, this entrenched notion of the military running everything is not good for democracy and really makes everyone in egypt feel like they are pulling back to the past. >> richard, as charlie touched on, also about making americans care and making those who lead the american public feel like we need a long-term investment of some sort or at least pay attention to what is happening in a constructive fashion because it does sort of speak to global stability and american interests in the long run. i think you look at what's happening in syria, the way that was discussed, the notion of intervention of any kind, military aid, foreign aid, the way it's discussed, it's very hard to make the case to john q. public you need to be caring about what's happening in egypt, you need to be caring about what's happening in syria. >> i think the ame
big question, big issue that lies ahead i think for american foreign policy is how do you effectively get in there and support civil society? how do you restore the idea of democracy taking hold? a military hold, what's often referred to in egypt as deep state, this entrenched notion of the military running everything is not good for democracy and really makes everyone in egypt feel like they are pulling back to the past. >> richard, as charlie touched on, also about making americans care...
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our problem is with the islamic nefariousnd its foreign policy. our problem is not with shia or persians. case,, another example of how saudi arabia has a stated goal. they would like to see assad go. it is in alignment with u.s. policy. u.s. policy actually is not in alignment with that statement. 2013, any serious neutral analyst will say this has been a good year for the assad regime in terms of its ability to stay in power. a horrible year for the syrian people. even for people who were part of i would go back to what the missions are. the analyst that i figure credible, the absence of any strategy to advance their goal. maybe it is the saudi strategy. it is similar to the u.s.. you get in terms of knowledge , thisama administration reticence to go into -- so you can evaluating and say we don't have any strategy that will meet our goals, but the saudi's are doing that. they are doing things in ways that maybe not topple the regime, the creates the security problem that could quite rival the challenges we see in yemen or northwest pakistan. i f
our problem is with the islamic nefariousnd its foreign policy. our problem is not with shia or persians. case,, another example of how saudi arabia has a stated goal. they would like to see assad go. it is in alignment with u.s. policy. u.s. policy actually is not in alignment with that statement. 2013, any serious neutral analyst will say this has been a good year for the assad regime in terms of its ability to stay in power. a horrible year for the syrian people. even for people who were...
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first thing that springs to mind is a possibility here that is can you shoot us foreign policy given the islam religion is that we shouldn't was attacked and given the house you've just reported it is american that there were more than one gunman involved so these will be the questions over what here in the new government what are your thoughts specially the five it is a military installation and the questions of security which they arise you mention the question of security that is this a pretty rare event to happen under these circumstances. well certainly you would think so i mean the u.s. as we know has more change deletions all over the world if you're going to stand there for seem sensible than empire. so for that to happen particularly in the hospital it can nation's capital will be particularly well the support of some for the authorities and as a see the government. and presumably what obviously part of the investigations will be to try and understand the motivation for this attack but do you believe it could be politically motivated to be to me that will be one avenue that
first thing that springs to mind is a possibility here that is can you shoot us foreign policy given the islam religion is that we shouldn't was attacked and given the house you've just reported it is american that there were more than one gunman involved so these will be the questions over what here in the new government what are your thoughts specially the five it is a military installation and the questions of security which they arise you mention the question of security that is this a...
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as long as we're playing fan fiction foreign policy, what if obama were reagan and assad was the joker? and instead of chemical weapons he's opening a jurassic park. ooh, ooh, with the help of skeletor! okay? and they're going to take over the world, but not so fast because reagan has been bitten by a radioactive spider and now he's spider-reagan! and skeletor's like, yeah, i'm skeletor, see, yeah? i run the middle east, see? and spider-reagan goes "pew, pew, pew. mr. skeletor, tear down your face!" and he's like "i'm dead, see?" and everybody's safe and my mom lets us stay up light to watch "night rider." i love you, spider-reagan. (cheers and applause) why can't obama do that? (laughter) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause). >> stephen: welcome back, everybody, thanks so much. folks, i'm like an umpire calling balls and strikes and if you disagree with me i will strike your balls. (laughter) this is tip of the hat, wag of the finger. (cheers and applause) folks, anybody that knows me knows i believe in the second amendment. i mean, if it's not real then wh
as long as we're playing fan fiction foreign policy, what if obama were reagan and assad was the joker? and instead of chemical weapons he's opening a jurassic park. ooh, ooh, with the help of skeletor! okay? and they're going to take over the world, but not so fast because reagan has been bitten by a radioactive spider and now he's spider-reagan! and skeletor's like, yeah, i'm skeletor, see, yeah? i run the middle east, see? and spider-reagan goes "pew, pew, pew. mr. skeletor, tear down...
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policy but there have never been feelings in foreign policy it's hard to see never with the united states mind you but our current policies in syria clearly groundless an arrogant. they're an embarrassment to many of us their work with the military and intelligence. were flabbergasted at the behavior of but secretary kerry and president obama. ok thank you mr duff we do have to leave it that school duff senior editor of veterans today website thank you you're welcome. well let's continue to see follow this up we can talk to the defense consultant from birmingham in the u.k. he joins us live to. now last year the u.k. did witness the murder of a british soldier on u.k. soil and now we're seeing an attack on a navy base in washington. in your opinion is this is this a trend well it has been established if it's a terrorist attack yet our but it wouldn't surprise me let's remember there's a mobile a u.s. naval ship outside syrian waters currently and it's a great coincidence that a major announcement was supposed to be held by the u.n. weapons inspectors today and all of a sudden there's a ma
policy but there have never been feelings in foreign policy it's hard to see never with the united states mind you but our current policies in syria clearly groundless an arrogant. they're an embarrassment to many of us their work with the military and intelligence. were flabbergasted at the behavior of but secretary kerry and president obama. ok thank you mr duff we do have to leave it that school duff senior editor of veterans today website thank you you're welcome. well let's continue to see...
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your foreign policy tie your imwith your hands. even dianne feinstein agrees with you. >> once the administration made this call, there is a real need for us to back it up or america becomes a paper tiger. >> mr. president, in the past when american was respected and feared, no one would care think of crossing an american president's red line. remember you said you wouldn't go to war unless there was imminent threat to national security. what case have you made? last i checked, assad has never attacked us. by the way, didn't you get elected as an antiwar president? didn't you vote against the last war in iraq? is here we are five years into your administration and american men and women are still on the ground fighting afghanistan. they will return to their tribal enclave as soon as we leave. your iraq withdrawal thing hasn't worked out so well either. senator mccain, we all respect you for your service and the sacrifices you made for this country, but in the end, maybe you're right. maybe it's all just a game. mr. president, can y
your foreign policy tie your imwith your hands. even dianne feinstein agrees with you. >> once the administration made this call, there is a real need for us to back it up or america becomes a paper tiger. >> mr. president, in the past when american was respected and feared, no one would care think of crossing an american president's red line. remember you said you wouldn't go to war unless there was imminent threat to national security. what case have you made? last i checked,...
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quite understand the nature of foreign policy or politics. all presidents are politicians. a good deal of foreign policy is actually domestic politics. president obama has faced -- he has faced a fractious congress for the entirety of his presidency, including a substantial minority who would like to see him impeached our out of office -- or out of office. is a president who has been besieged by a do-nothing congress. he has done clever jujitsu politically, saying to congress, put up or shut up. host: trevor from new york city. caller: talking about these calls from the u.k. -- don't you think the turnaround by president obama and asking for congressional approval is simply because dave cameron lifted the phone and said, take my advice and have the people's input before doing anything? guest: absolutely. i was not inside the white house doubler -- to liberations -- deliberations, but i have no doubt that the vote in the house of commons was very influential in the president's decision, to a decision to ask the congress to provide him with tha
quite understand the nature of foreign policy or politics. all presidents are politicians. a good deal of foreign policy is actually domestic politics. president obama has faced -- he has faced a fractious congress for the entirety of his presidency, including a substantial minority who would like to see him impeached our out of office -- or out of office. is a president who has been besieged by a do-nothing congress. he has done clever jujitsu politically, saying to congress, put up or shut...
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to carry out its foreign policy. it is also striking that we have isrd various ways -- it difficult to reconstitute what was once lost. there is a problem. it looks like we will not be able to do all of that. how do we get from here to there? how do we get to where we are to where we want to be? do you want to take that up? >> sure. that i haveiterate that -- the tea party, what those folks do not seem to understand -- and it is not isolation. it is ignorance. america's economic security really depends on stability. stability depends on that u.s.'s ability to maintain its military capabilities. --t has been these quarterly reports as it were were ever quarter or every no ideaths, you have where the united states will be, it leads people to ask what i have been asking by foreigners from every part of the world -- are you guys crazy? that is not the way to promote stability. to answer your question directly , as long as we have got this madness going on, let's it is sequester ends tomorrow. you still have the cuts. not
to carry out its foreign policy. it is also striking that we have isrd various ways -- it difficult to reconstitute what was once lost. there is a problem. it looks like we will not be able to do all of that. how do we get from here to there? how do we get to where we are to where we want to be? do you want to take that up? >> sure. that i haveiterate that -- the tea party, what those folks do not seem to understand -- and it is not isolation. it is ignorance. america's economic security...
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and i do worry that our discussions about foreign policy are increasingly superficial and focused on our public which through congress ultimately has the decisive word on what we can do is woefully uninformed about foreign aifertion. >> your father was -- foreign affairs. >> your father was a polish diplomat. how did that shape your views? >> that made me very conscious of the human many condition. my father was general counsel of poland and we were witnesses to the beginnings of the holocaust. not quite yet lethal but in terms of arrest of jews, persecution of jews, my father was giving polish passports illegally to german juice. then he served in the war, a war of democratic, with the world divided into a democratic camp and a totalitarian camp. and those two camps engaged in a competition which could have broken out at any moment and through nuclear weapons. when i was in the white house we knew if we had a war with the soviet union within a few hours about 85 million people would be dead. and that's a reality under which we operated. >> so one other question. you have three child
and i do worry that our discussions about foreign policy are increasingly superficial and focused on our public which through congress ultimately has the decisive word on what we can do is woefully uninformed about foreign aifertion. >> your father was -- foreign affairs. >> your father was a polish diplomat. how did that shape your views? >> that made me very conscious of the human many condition. my father was general counsel of poland and we were witnesses to the beginnings...
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. >> the co-director foreign- policy at the institute for policy studies said there have been some problems with the election process, but the people's voices will be heard. >> there are concerns already about voter intimidation prior roles andabout the the voter rolls not being made transparent at the time that were anticipated. so this is not perfect, but i think there is an overwhelming sense that both the international observer, the african union, the southern african development community, as well as civil society in zimbabwe, are keeping a very waffle iron and using all the new technologies at their disposal -- keeping a very watchful eye. >> the u.s. government has offered rare glimpse into the spying operation that caused an international outcry. this comes a senior intelligence officials face lawmakers about surveillance operations. >> the american people expect and deserve honest answers. >> armed with evidence and arguments, u.s. national security officials asked congress to let them keep collecting millions of americans phone and e-mail records, all in the name of creating a ter
. >> the co-director foreign- policy at the institute for policy studies said there have been some problems with the election process, but the people's voices will be heard. >> there are concerns already about voter intimidation prior roles andabout the the voter rolls not being made transparent at the time that were anticipated. so this is not perfect, but i think there is an overwhelming sense that both the international observer, the african union, the southern african...
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, as we move beyond the debt ceiling issue we want to focus on foreign policy. writer us as the senior of foreign policy. thank you for joining us. first question. what i wanted to ask you about egypt. elected democratically president overturn in july. he has been held at an undisclosed location. we heard he will be put on trial in november. given the fact this was almost any other country in the world we would have cut off all of our aid, what are you opposed to what the president decided to do? i know you expressed concerns. can you tell us why. >> you have to look about the total picture. egypt has been a strategically important country to the united states for 30 or 40 years. thet of the fulcrum of policy stance with having a good relationship military to military with egypt's military and our military. think that when a government or a country with which you are allied does something that you do not like, i think there are different ways of reacting than simply saying we're going to punish you or cut this off or that off. we have very close military to mili
, as we move beyond the debt ceiling issue we want to focus on foreign policy. writer us as the senior of foreign policy. thank you for joining us. first question. what i wanted to ask you about egypt. elected democratically president overturn in july. he has been held at an undisclosed location. we heard he will be put on trial in november. given the fact this was almost any other country in the world we would have cut off all of our aid, what are you opposed to what the president decided to...
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. >> in the big picture of foreign policy right now, we have russia ignoring our request for snowden, ignoring our request for cooperation with syria. egypt ignoring -- you have egypt ignoring a request for a stop to the violence and you have siri -- syria using chemical weapons on their own people, potentially. these are all greeted by the obama administration with harsh condemnation. there is a perception among some that this is a weakness on the part of the obama administration. can you address that? >> you are referring to very difficult, and in some cases very intractable problems that in some cases are bearing very severe consequences for the people who live in these countries. there is no doubt about that. the u.s. has a responsibility to be a part of the international effort to address those problems. for a variety of reasons, one of them is that it is the desire of the u.s. to have good relationships with these countries. what we are trying to do in many of these cases is to marshal international support, and to work with our friends and allies to work with our partners in th
. >> in the big picture of foreign policy right now, we have russia ignoring our request for snowden, ignoring our request for cooperation with syria. egypt ignoring -- you have egypt ignoring a request for a stop to the violence and you have siri -- syria using chemical weapons on their own people, potentially. these are all greeted by the obama administration with harsh condemnation. there is a perception among some that this is a weakness on the part of the obama administration. can...
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and president obama has been a disaster when it comes to foreign policy. if you just look at this one case, he talks about a red line. today, secreta secretary kerry e case for crossing that red line and then basically, surrender. he has been a contradiction to himself and this has made america less safe around the world. you know, as an american, i'm appalled that we are now looked around the world and our enemies are laughing at us. they don't think we have any credibility and our allies are not willing to stand with us. the president doesn't have support from anybody. >> no, not even great britain. congressman kucinich, i've always thought you were one of the more honest liberals anywhere. this is a tweet you sent out today. 200 in congress demand constitution article 1, section 8. barack obama risking impeachment. you really think the president's risking impeachment by moving without congressional approval against syria? >> yes because there is no threat to the united states of america. if there was, then people expect the president to defend us, but i
and president obama has been a disaster when it comes to foreign policy. if you just look at this one case, he talks about a red line. today, secreta secretary kerry e case for crossing that red line and then basically, surrender. he has been a contradiction to himself and this has made america less safe around the world. you know, as an american, i'm appalled that we are now looked around the world and our enemies are laughing at us. they don't think we have any credibility and our allies are...
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. >> rose: american foreign policy, and turkish foreign policy when we continue. >> funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> rose: additional funding provided by these funders. n't and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. >> from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: richard haass is here, she the president of the council on foreign relations. he is a veteran observer of american foreign policy in his new book he looks inward and argues america must solve its domestic problems if it is going to be a foreign power, it is foreign policy begins as home, the case for putting america's house in order. i am pleased to have him here at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: so where does this book come from? what have you been looking and, thinking that perhaps we need to focus on restoration? >> well, first of all it is a book i never imagined i would write just for that reason. >> rose: foreign policy expert talks about the need to get the economic house in order. >> right. the president of the council o
. >> rose: american foreign policy, and turkish foreign policy when we continue. >> funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> rose: additional funding provided by these funders. n't and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. >> from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: richard haass is here, she the president of the council on foreign relations. he is a veteran observer of american...
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i think the president does like foreign policy, an all presidents like foreign policy. >> especially in the second term they like it more every day. but i have talked to enough leaders one on one to know, you know, that they have a relationship with the president, we talked to the prime minister of turkey, to the former prime minister of italy, monty, they talk about he was a guy they loved to talk about foreign policy and he was curious and interested. >> absolutely. i was just in turkey last week and i it is clear the use and ts turkish leadership, the president, the prime minister and the rest there like this president, like talking with him, how could presidents not like foreign policy, quite honestly in the united states is has this unique position in the world for all of our -- >> rose: having to go through congress -- >> in second term you don't have to legislate foreign policy you have much more discretion in the united states as commander in chief as legislator. >> rose: primarily domestic. >> but in order to achieve that you have to also keep foreign policy to some extent a
i think the president does like foreign policy, an all presidents like foreign policy. >> especially in the second term they like it more every day. but i have talked to enough leaders one on one to know, you know, that they have a relationship with the president, we talked to the prime minister of turkey, to the former prime minister of italy, monty, they talk about he was a guy they loved to talk about foreign policy and he was curious and interested. >> absolutely. i was just in...
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first up, two foreign policy legends. henry kissinger and zbigniew brzezinski on the latest diplomatic moves over syria. did putin play obama? what will assad do during this intermission and who will get the last word? >>> then richard butler, the man once tasked with getting saddam hussein to give up his chemical weapons on the way to make it work this time with assad. also, the three things you might want to know about syria before we bomb. or whether or not we bomb. and from civil war to homeless wars, anthony bourdain on a different kind of war in the middle east. who makes the most magic with chickpeas? >>> first, here's my take. whatever the twisted path by design or accident, the obama administration has ended up in a better place on syria than looked possible even days ago. the agreement forged by john kerry and the russian foreign minister is just the first step of course the syrian government has to cooperate but it will face pressure from moscow to do so. on hearing of the agreement, some have reacted with dism
first up, two foreign policy legends. henry kissinger and zbigniew brzezinski on the latest diplomatic moves over syria. did putin play obama? what will assad do during this intermission and who will get the last word? >>> then richard butler, the man once tasked with getting saddam hussein to give up his chemical weapons on the way to make it work this time with assad. also, the three things you might want to know about syria before we bomb. or whether or not we bomb. and from civil...
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foreign policy in the region. and later, political magazine editor susan glasser will talk about the role the united states -- the united nations playing in syria, including the newly released reports on last months chemical weapons attack near damascus. we will be right back. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> when helen taft became first lady in 1909, 1 of the first thing she did was address having cherry trees landed around the tidal basin. the title basis in the early -- tidal basin was a mess and the japanese decided to give 2000 trees to the united states and her honor. everyone was shocked. the trees that were sent were older and very tall and bug infested, so it was decided they would have to be burned. in fact, president taft himself made the decision that it had to be burned. the japanese were very accommodating and understanding and decided to send 3000 trees which arrived in 1912, and it is vote that we still have a few of
foreign policy in the region. and later, political magazine editor susan glasser will talk about the role the united states -- the united nations playing in syria, including the newly released reports on last months chemical weapons attack near damascus. we will be right back. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> when helen taft became first lady in 1909, 1 of the first thing she did was address having cherry...
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in the up of people foreign policy arena, scholars, former diplomats. it is basically a group of people. the organization has become a think tank where you have the scholars who produce policy analysis. counciliation with the is only as a member. i am with the brookings institution. host: robert from west virginia on our democratic line. you're on with shibley telhami. turn down your tv and go ahead with your question or comment. we will go to craig from california on our democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning. finally the united states of america, the people were heard. gave a no on syria . do you believe or is it your opinion the real directive comes from israel for all of our controls and actions in syria and palestine? question issrael always important for the u.s.. america support for israel is one of the cornerstones of the foreign policy. ask the you do, question about the consequences for israel and consult for israel on matters that have importance. israel is a big factor in all this, including syria. israelry kerry is in briefing
in the up of people foreign policy arena, scholars, former diplomats. it is basically a group of people. the organization has become a think tank where you have the scholars who produce policy analysis. counciliation with the is only as a member. i am with the brookings institution. host: robert from west virginia on our democratic line. you're on with shibley telhami. turn down your tv and go ahead with your question or comment. we will go to craig from california on our democratic line. good...
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adding a mac >> foreign-policy and especially security systems. this is another area where congress really has a role to play. the administration is basically decided that mohamed morsi at egypt is the new mubarak. the guy in the seat we will now help. it's completely indifferent to what our aid program should look like and what the desired outcome and egypt should be. the only thing they appear to be interested in is the continuation of the israeli egyptian camp david accords, which are obviously of great interest, but not really the only thing they should animate us and we talk about the largest country in the middle east. when i thought we were delivering fighter jets to the egyptian military, i just asked myself, what message does this send? the rule should be not the foreign aid is bad and not that foreign aid is good and not that military assistance is good or bad, it is the u.s. taxpayer dollar used to further u.s. tax your interest and every time a new government comes into power, we should take that aid down to zero and build it anew. doe
adding a mac >> foreign-policy and especially security systems. this is another area where congress really has a role to play. the administration is basically decided that mohamed morsi at egypt is the new mubarak. the guy in the seat we will now help. it's completely indifferent to what our aid program should look like and what the desired outcome and egypt should be. the only thing they appear to be interested in is the continuation of the israeli egyptian camp david accords, which are...
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in addition, you know, putin is running foreign policy now. there were disagreements when president was president and switched places earlier this year, and when he was president, he was the one that abstained on the u.n. security counsel on libya. putin was critical of that, and there was something of a split between the two, and putin, once he, you know, he starts to assert himself in the foreign policy arena by the fall of the 2011, and this is why the russians have vetoed, you know, successive attempts by the u.n. security council to take more resolute action by the syria regime, and, plus, you know, the russians feel they were duped over libya. that was the resolution to protect civilians, and they feel that nato and the u.s. used it in offensive ways to unseat, you know, gadhafi. also, there was a real vibrant, tangible russian nationalism. they see protests that occurred in russia earlier in the year against putin. they see the hand of the united states in this. that's why they kicked out some of the -- kicked out some of the ngo organi
in addition, you know, putin is running foreign policy now. there were disagreements when president was president and switched places earlier this year, and when he was president, he was the one that abstained on the u.n. security counsel on libya. putin was critical of that, and there was something of a split between the two, and putin, once he, you know, he starts to assert himself in the foreign policy arena by the fall of the 2011, and this is why the russians have vetoed, you know,...
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it sort of flies in the face of what you said earlier, which is when it comes to foreign policy, iranians tend to be nationalistic. >> you can be nationalistic and at the same time you can have a good heart. you can not really accept to support bloodshed, violence, and things like that. there is a difference between the morality of a private citizen and the morality of a state. it is sad to say, but that is how politics work. i find it interesting that we are asking our iranian friends, are you ashamed about has by law -- abouthezbollah? >> i was going to say, when the uprising began, civilians at go demands of civil liberties throughout the arab world. as the conflict has gone more militarized, the power vacuum has been filled by hard-liners and syria has become the battleground for radicals on both sides of the sunni-shiite divide. does that reflect public opinion? public opinion throughout the region. >> in the region, broadly speaking, you can go as far as afghanistan and pakistan. you have the feeling it is more sunni against shia situation. >> like the general said in that clip, thi
it sort of flies in the face of what you said earlier, which is when it comes to foreign policy, iranians tend to be nationalistic. >> you can be nationalistic and at the same time you can have a good heart. you can not really accept to support bloodshed, violence, and things like that. there is a difference between the morality of a private citizen and the morality of a state. it is sad to say, but that is how politics work. i find it interesting that we are asking our iranian friends,...
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yes let's let's first look at saudi foreign policy based not on the shiite sunni division even though that's a factor the fundamental power of their foreign policy is based on their own estimation of what the regime needs in order to stay in power it is a fragile regime it is an absolute it's monarchy it has been in power for eighty years and has never had an election one third of all the people in saudi arabia are migrants the saudi population is dependent on migrant labor for work that makes the regime completely unstable in its core in its essence in terms of its domestic policy in spite of its oil wealth so what it did over the long term was function as a proxy as a client for the united states in the recent years after the onset of the so-called arab spring the saudi arabia's did pursue a more independent aggressive foreign policy trying to carry out regime change against others in the middle east but even when it did so it did so with the united states not against the united states it's the united states and the saudis had the same goal and syria would remit now you see because
yes let's let's first look at saudi foreign policy based not on the shiite sunni division even though that's a factor the fundamental power of their foreign policy is based on their own estimation of what the regime needs in order to stay in power it is a fragile regime it is an absolute it's monarchy it has been in power for eighty years and has never had an election one third of all the people in saudi arabia are migrants the saudi population is dependent on migrant labor for work that makes...
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premised its foreign policy based on being connected to join with the shah a time that was two years before the government was overthrown by a popular people's revolution of course saudi arabia has formant its civil war in syria it had a principle a fundamental. desire to overthrow the assad government to create a sunni a sunni government that would be backed by the saw saudi regime it did this in concert with the with got our and others it functioned as a proxy of course for the united states and western and western interests who had said assad must go but saudi arabia had its own independent national interests or perceived national interests or the interests of the monarchy the drove it to carry out civil war the blood of the syrian people is on the hands of the saudi government does so to say that there are. there's kind of this crazy mad massacre going to the lasagna arabia ok more easy mark go ahead this is crazy talk we're going to be fair play more night states for the holocaust look the syrian government has been massacring hundreds of thousands that since randoms that's when
premised its foreign policy based on being connected to join with the shah a time that was two years before the government was overthrown by a popular people's revolution of course saudi arabia has formant its civil war in syria it had a principle a fundamental. desire to overthrow the assad government to create a sunni a sunni government that would be backed by the saw saudi regime it did this in concert with the with got our and others it functioned as a proxy of course for the united states...
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foreign policy for many years. the information that the united states and israel shares is almost like no other relationship in the world. i do not think there is a problem with the relationship at all. there are differences opinions. on things that are important, i think israel and the united states are marching as one. i think both of our country see the iranian nuclear threats. i think there were similar feelings in syria. israel has been the recipient of u.s. aid. the iron dome system preventing missiles from killing civilians. president obama is a champion of that. it has been focused on diff. from time to time there were disagreements. i go back to the family and analogy. you understand from time to time you may disagree. your goals and aims are the same. i think that history with the united states and israel. >> if the thread dissipates with iran, would you support lifting economic sanctions? >> yes. the devil is in the details. it is not as simple as lifting economic sanctions if the irani and talk with us.
foreign policy for many years. the information that the united states and israel shares is almost like no other relationship in the world. i do not think there is a problem with the relationship at all. there are differences opinions. on things that are important, i think israel and the united states are marching as one. i think both of our country see the iranian nuclear threats. i think there were similar feelings in syria. israel has been the recipient of u.s. aid. the iron dome system...
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foreign policy. human rights and self- determination of people and on the other side, i'm generalizing of course, is the real pol itique, what are the american interests? there has always been a tell get american foreign policy relations between the humanitarian in pulse and thereale politique and we see that in the callers comments. he is making that argument. has been that prevalent and american foreign policy formulation for decades. again, in our political system, we have the congress, we have the president. the presidente is really the commander-in-chief and he is responsible for the conduct of america's foreign policy with the advice and consent of the congress especially the senate. dayefore, at the end of the , the buck stops in the oval office. the president will make the case that, along the lines with the caller stating, that this is a moral issue and the united states has to address that. that is the humanitarian impulse. peoples to protect from weapons of mass destruction massacre -- thi
foreign policy. human rights and self- determination of people and on the other side, i'm generalizing of course, is the real pol itique, what are the american interests? there has always been a tell get american foreign policy relations between the humanitarian in pulse and thereale politique and we see that in the callers comments. he is making that argument. has been that prevalent and american foreign policy formulation for decades. again, in our political system, we have the congress, we...
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premised its foreign policy based on being connected hip joint with the with the shah a time that was two years before the government was overthrown by a popular people's revolution of course saudi arabia has formant its civil war in syria it had a principle a fundamental. desire to overthrow the assad government to create a sunni a sunni government that would be backed by the saw saudi regime it did this in concert with the with got our and others it functioned as a proxy of course for the united states and western and western interests who had said assad must go but saudi arabia had its own independent national interests or perceived national interests or the interests of the monarchy the drove it to carry out civil war the blood of the syrian people is on the hands of the saudi government to so to say that there are. kind of this crazy mad dog massacre going to. their arabia ok more easy mark go ahead this is crazy talk we're going to be fair play more night states for the holocaust look at the syrian government has been massacring hundreds of thousands that since randoms that's wh
premised its foreign policy based on being connected hip joint with the with the shah a time that was two years before the government was overthrown by a popular people's revolution of course saudi arabia has formant its civil war in syria it had a principle a fundamental. desire to overthrow the assad government to create a sunni a sunni government that would be backed by the saw saudi regime it did this in concert with the with got our and others it functioned as a proxy of course for the...
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yes let's let's first look at saudi foreign policy based not on the shiite sunni division even though that's a factor the fundamental power of their foreign policy is based on their own estimation of what the regime needs in order to stay in power it is a fragile regime it is an absolute it's monarchy it has been in power for eighty years and has never had an election one third of all the people in saudi arabia are migrants the saudi population is dependent on migrant labor for work that makes the regime completely unstable in its core in its essence in terms of its domestic policy in spite of its oil wealth so what it did over the long term was function as a proxy as a client for the united states in the recent years after the onset of the so-called arab spring the saudi arabia's did pursue a more independent aggressive foreign policy trying to carry out regime change against others in the middle east but even when it did so it did so with the united states not against the united states it's the united states and the saudis had the same goal in syria which was to overthrow the assad
yes let's let's first look at saudi foreign policy based not on the shiite sunni division even though that's a factor the fundamental power of their foreign policy is based on their own estimation of what the regime needs in order to stay in power it is a fragile regime it is an absolute it's monarchy it has been in power for eighty years and has never had an election one third of all the people in saudi arabia are migrants the saudi population is dependent on migrant labor for work that makes...
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. >> we cannot have this in foreign policy. >> egyptian military ousting him on the morsi caught the german politicians offguard. they have been unanimous in their calls for a stable egyptian government and in and to the unrest. no party has focused on presenting a proposal for how egypt could return to civility. >> we are happy to be joined by an egyptian political scientist studying here in berlin. germany has long enjoyed a reputation as an honest broker in the arab world. is that still the case? >> germany is part of europe and europe is seen as not the main player in terms of the west relations to the world. it is usually the u.s. that is regarded as a main player and this is why germany and how it reacts to arab developments wouldn't be the most important topic among ordinary citizens. >> the arab spring kicking off. what are arab countries looking for from germany? >> well, the foreign had already made very strong statements on what happened in egypt, the recent military intervention against the former president. it was seen as an involvement in the domestic politics, but it w
. >> we cannot have this in foreign policy. >> egyptian military ousting him on the morsi caught the german politicians offguard. they have been unanimous in their calls for a stable egyptian government and in and to the unrest. no party has focused on presenting a proposal for how egypt could return to civility. >> we are happy to be joined by an egyptian political scientist studying here in berlin. germany has long enjoyed a reputation as an honest broker in the arab world....
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policy exactly on the basis of our own national interest nobody in this world whether america or any other country is your government and friend nor your parliament enemy. we don't want to become enemies of other countries and we don't want that going to including america our other countries to be of any. a fair. friendly relationship with every countries but at the same time we want to save guard our national interest we want to become a peaceful country we want to protect the peace of our neighbor than region and we want to spark disappeared in developing the peace for the whole world those are my last question some of the things or accuse you actually directly that you are carrying for it and that you are trying to implement here pakistan and you march comes with some sort of developments there the tension between the two militaries of pakistan and india on the eastern side and kashmir and some development in quick. where hundred and twenty five people were killed from here we are sure it how do you respond to these accusations dr can you tell me a single day when there is no cris
policy exactly on the basis of our own national interest nobody in this world whether america or any other country is your government and friend nor your parliament enemy. we don't want to become enemies of other countries and we don't want that going to including america our other countries to be of any. a fair. friendly relationship with every countries but at the same time we want to save guard our national interest we want to become a peaceful country we want to protect the peace of our...
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yes let's let's first look at saudi foreign policy based not on the shiite sunni division even though that's a factor the fundamental power of their foreign policy is based on their own estimation of what the regime needs in order to stay in power it is a fragile regime it is an absolute it's monarchy it has been in power for eighty years and has never had an election one third of all the people in saudi arabia are migrants the saudi population is dependent on migrant labor for work that makes the regime completely unstable in its core in its essence in terms of its domestic policy in spite of its oil wealth so what it did over the long term was function as a proxy as a client for the united states in the recent years after the onset of the so-called arab spring the saudi arabia as they pursue a more independent aggressive foreign policy trying to carry out regime change against others in the middle east but even when it did so it did so with the united states not against the united states it's the united states and the saudis had the same goal in syria which was to overthrow the assa
yes let's let's first look at saudi foreign policy based not on the shiite sunni division even though that's a factor the fundamental power of their foreign policy is based on their own estimation of what the regime needs in order to stay in power it is a fragile regime it is an absolute it's monarchy it has been in power for eighty years and has never had an election one third of all the people in saudi arabia are migrants the saudi population is dependent on migrant labor for work that makes...
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foreign- policy and focus to asia. secretary defense hagel is in asia right now. he is having to talk about syria and the middle east. president obama, and this is coloring their decisions, knows that to get involved directly in the war in syria that is it for the rest of his administration. i think that is one they are being careful about. he still has lofty hopes for the middle east. he wants to pivot away from this region and put american foreign- policy attention elsewhere, primarily in asia. host: we want to go to a middle east correspondent to his joining us from syria. good morning to you. i think we may have lost him. all right. we will go with our caller. caller: it is concerning to me that regarding the chemical use in syria is slanted to one. america has concluded that facade has artie use chemical weapons. do we already have any evidence? we have concluded that assad used it. what is the evidence? i would like to know. host: what is the latest? guest: we do not have evidence that was standup. we we have video of people testifying to reporters, locally
foreign- policy and focus to asia. secretary defense hagel is in asia right now. he is having to talk about syria and the middle east. president obama, and this is coloring their decisions, knows that to get involved directly in the war in syria that is it for the rest of his administration. i think that is one they are being careful about. he still has lofty hopes for the middle east. he wants to pivot away from this region and put american foreign- policy attention elsewhere, primarily in...
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he gets negative ratings on the foreign policy and the american people are sick and tired. the only thing is a republican party that is committing harry kerry and doing what the people don't want which is ultimately being responsible for shutting the government down do -- over an admittedly unpopular obamacare. >> republicans always get the blame and in fact they are already getting the blame. cbs new york times, who is more to blame if the government shuts down? republicans in congress, 44%. president and democrats, 36%. the 16% both equally is an important piece of data. >> what we have is a country that is condemning them all. they have merit to condemn them all. we add -- we admitted that the fall back position would have drawn and the bill by the senate to deal with the issue of the congress exempting themselves. the house didn't even put it in. you know why? they are all in on this. the american people going american people are screwing up. >> i think they have the leadership. >> let me talk about the strategy as a two-fold strategy. to fund the unpopular -- >> let's
he gets negative ratings on the foreign policy and the american people are sick and tired. the only thing is a republican party that is committing harry kerry and doing what the people don't want which is ultimately being responsible for shutting the government down do -- over an admittedly unpopular obamacare. >> republicans always get the blame and in fact they are already getting the blame. cbs new york times, who is more to blame if the government shuts down? republicans in congress,...
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typing and when you look at its foreign policy somehow iran. is a dictatorship while saudi arabia is a democracy well in fact iran is much more democratic than saudi arabia but one of them is that it's our enemy and the other one is our friend therefore this is how we judge things and this is i think on this front i think probably the u.s. with its record on one title and the rest of it just doesn't do i'm sorry i'm very glad that i can. jump in here gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion of christian minorities staying arche. seals are born to right on the ice fields of the white sea. throughout the twentieth century the poles were hunted for their snow white furs. russia imposed a ban on this trade and hunters have since been replaced by tourists but these pups stay safe forever. saving seals on our teeth. wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on. the mission free accreditation free. for charges free. range mo
typing and when you look at its foreign policy somehow iran. is a dictatorship while saudi arabia is a democracy well in fact iran is much more democratic than saudi arabia but one of them is that it's our enemy and the other one is our friend therefore this is how we judge things and this is i think on this front i think probably the u.s. with its record on one title and the rest of it just doesn't do i'm sorry i'm very glad that i can. jump in here gentlemen we're going to go to a short break...
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. >> what is interesting is traditionally second terms for presidents tend to focus on foreign policy and president obama's lack of experience on that stage is really under cutting him. >> i have half a minute. if there is piling on, is it temporary or is this it for the second term? >> he is a lame duck. >> all right? the election was not even a year ago. >> i know. people say we want to fight. the people, the media, everyone wants the next fight, the next race. so it is time to just move on from him. >> again, i agree with lauren. we seem to -- >> imagine that. >> but it seems irresponsible in terms of the country that needs a leader for the next three years. to say he is a lame duck -- he was a lame duck the day he was elected. >> what you are seeing right now is he made some mistakes and he is being caricatured and it is the lighting and the idea that you have liberals now who say x x -- you know, are you not as faithful as we thought. >> thanks for a spirited discussion. lauren, see you later. up next, greta van success -- greta has more including on the navy yard shooting. that'
. >> what is interesting is traditionally second terms for presidents tend to focus on foreign policy and president obama's lack of experience on that stage is really under cutting him. >> i have half a minute. if there is piling on, is it temporary or is this it for the second term? >> he is a lame duck. >> all right? the election was not even a year ago. >> i know. people say we want to fight. the people, the media, everyone wants the next fight, the next race....
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typing and when you look at its foreign policy somehow iran. is a dictatorship while saudi arabia is a democracy well in fact iran is much more democratic than saudi arabia but one of them is that it's our enemy and the other one is our friend therefore this is how we judge things and this is i think on this front i think probably the u.s. with its record on one title and the rest of it just doesn't do i'm sorry i'm very glad that i can. jump in here gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and our that short break we'll continue our discussion of christian minorities staying marcie. leave. commission free cretaceous free comes for chargers free. range lunch free. free. free. download free blog just plug in video for your media project for free media oh god our t.v. dot com you. get are sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm trying hard welcome to the big picture. childr
typing and when you look at its foreign policy somehow iran. is a dictatorship while saudi arabia is a democracy well in fact iran is much more democratic than saudi arabia but one of them is that it's our enemy and the other one is our friend therefore this is how we judge things and this is i think on this front i think probably the u.s. with its record on one title and the rest of it just doesn't do i'm sorry i'm very glad that i can. jump in here gentlemen we're going to go to a short break...
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in the way that country conducts foreign policy as well i think two years ago i would have given you a different answer i would have said the chances are almost nonexistent i do think there is a growing current of concern within saudi arabia particularly among the business a leech that there is still more corruption than there should be there is still poor governance there is still a great deal of difficulty in simply leading your daily life there also are concerns about the economy they are they have about maybe five six or eight years to find jobs for this youth bulge that is that is coming through their system these kids will be out of school and out of university within that period of time looking for jobs if they can't fix that then i think we whip may well see a very volatile situation within saudi arabia ambassador jordan since we already entered these domain of hypotheticals let me ask you how do you think the united states would react to you any sort of uprising in saudi arabia as you mentioned this is a very young country a country with a very young population in fact t. th
in the way that country conducts foreign policy as well i think two years ago i would have given you a different answer i would have said the chances are almost nonexistent i do think there is a growing current of concern within saudi arabia particularly among the business a leech that there is still more corruption than there should be there is still poor governance there is still a great deal of difficulty in simply leading your daily life there also are concerns about the economy they are...
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typing and when you look at its foreign policy somehow iran. is a dictatorship while saudi arabia is a democracy well in fact iran is much more democratic than saudi arabia but one of them is that it's our enemy and the other one is our friend therefore this is how we judge things and this is i think on this front i think probably the u.s. with its record on one title and the rest of it just doesn't do i'm sorry i'm very glad that i. did jump in here gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion of christian minorities staying r.t. . this is. mission to teach. only. wealthy british. happening to the global economy. welcome back across the aisle where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle term mind you we're discussing christian communities in the arab world. ok matthew before we went to the break we heard from some of the very mixed and complicated relationship the united states has with regimes in the middle east you want to respond go ahead. i just wanted to say that the complicate
typing and when you look at its foreign policy somehow iran. is a dictatorship while saudi arabia is a democracy well in fact iran is much more democratic than saudi arabia but one of them is that it's our enemy and the other one is our friend therefore this is how we judge things and this is i think on this front i think probably the u.s. with its record on one title and the rest of it just doesn't do i'm sorry i'm very glad that i. did jump in here gentlemen we're going to go to a short break...
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to carry out its foreign policy. it is also striking that we have heard various ways -- it is difficult to reconstitute what was once lost. there is a problem. it looks like we will not be able to do all of that. how do we get from here to there? how do we get to where we are to where we want to be? do you want to take that up? >> sure. i want to reiterate that i have a piece that -- the tea party, what those folks do not seem to understand -- and it is not isolation. it is ignorance. america's economic security really depends on stability. stability depends on that u.s.'s ability to maintain its military capabilities. that has been -- these quarterly reports as it were were ever quarter or every four months, you have no idea where the united states will be, it leads people to ask what i have been asking by foreigners from every part of the world -- are you guys crazy? that is not the way to promote stability. to answer your question directly, as long as we have got this madness going on, let's it is sequester ends t
to carry out its foreign policy. it is also striking that we have heard various ways -- it is difficult to reconstitute what was once lost. there is a problem. it looks like we will not be able to do all of that. how do we get from here to there? how do we get to where we are to where we want to be? do you want to take that up? >> sure. i want to reiterate that i have a piece that -- the tea party, what those folks do not seem to understand -- and it is not isolation. it is ignorance....